Foreign Ownership of US Debt Sits at $5.56 Trillion

The US Department of the Treasury recently released their "Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities" report for November, 2012.

In the month of November, foreign ownership of US debt rose from $5.526 trillion to $5.557 trillion. Over the past 12 months, foreign ownership of US debt has risen from about $5.0 trillion to over $5.55 trillion.

China and Japan both own $1 trillion+ of US debt. As of November, China reportedly owned a little over $1.17 trillion in US debt, while Japan owned $1.1328 trillion. Combined, China and Japan own over $2.3 trillion in US Treasury Securities.